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Summary
Perhaps you can guess from the title that this is not a “get out the vote” podcast. But this is a “get out the qualified vote podcast.” The key here is in defining “qualified”. Yes, people should be legally qualified, and be able to prove who they are in order to vote. Qualifying legally gives one the right to vote. One of the principles we believe in here at Revolution 2.0™ is that with every right, in this case the right to vote after qualifying legally, comes an equal or greater responsibility.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what the responsibility is that comes with the right to vote, and what that responsibility means.
Transcript
Perhaps you can guess from the title that this is not a “get out the vote” podcast. But this is a “get out the qualified vote podcast.” The key here is in defining “qualified”. Yes, people should be legally qualified, and be able to prove who they are in order to vote. Qualifying legally gives one the right to vote. One of the principles we believe in here at Revolution 2.0™ is that with every right, in this case the right to vote after qualifying legally, comes an equal or greater responsibility.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what the responsibility is that comes with the right to vote, and what that responsibility means.
At the official founding of our nation, with the ratification of the Constitution in 1789, only propertied white males could vote. This was the opposite of inclusiveness and diversity, but it had temporary advantages. These were the very men who had just gone through a revolution, an impossible revolution pitting a tiny country with an ill trained and poorly equipped military, against the the most powerful force the world had ever seen. Here’s a summary of our miraculous victory: We lost and we lost and we lost--until we won. This country, our country, had risked everything and won. America and its fighters risked their lives, property and money--everything they had--to gain their--and our--freedom. They had, in the most expansive meaning of the term, “skin in the game.” You can believe that they had enough of themselves invested in their country, that they--each one--would do a deep dive into the candidates and issues before voting. A deep dive that would go far beyond what the vast majority of what people--even those who feel they are well informed voters--are willing to do today.
Why? The answer is simple; they knew how precious freedom was--they initially did not have it, then risked everything to get it. And they were not going to endanger that treasured freedom by being casual voters.
Very few people today are anywhere near that diligent when it comes to voting. Why? The answer is again simple; we take our freedoms for granted, never believing for a moment that there is any connection between those precious--and rare--freedoms, and how well we inform ourselves before we participate in the political process. Since we do not realize what our freedoms are worth, what it cost to earn and maintain them, we assign little value to them. And they’re not worth protecting with something small as being well-informed. Note that we are not talking about taking up arms and fighting for our freedoms; we are talking about acquiring and analysing information.
All too many of our politicians, media and influencers are no longer building upon the breakthrough vision that was America in 1776, desperately fought for and defended many times, and given to us for growth and protection. Those politicians, media and influencers are standing in the middle of the amazing results that we all benefit from. They not only criticize and demean our country, they want to harvest the bounty that we have all inherited, without replanting, and use it for their personal and party’s gain. Imagine for a moment a group that inherited a generations ...
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Perhaps you can guess from the title that this is not a “get out the vote” podcast. But this is a “get out the qualified vote podcast.” The key here is in defining “qualified”. Yes, people should be legally qualified, and be able to prove who they are in order to vote. Qualifying legally gives one the right to vote. One of the principles we believe in here at Revolution 2.0™ is that with every right, in this case the right to vote after qualifying legally, comes an equal or greater responsibility.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what the responsibility is that comes with the right to vote, and what that responsibility means.
Transcript
Perhaps you can guess from the title that this is not a “get out the vote” podcast. But this is a “get out the qualified vote podcast.” The key here is in defining “qualified”. Yes, people should be legally qualified, and be able to prove who they are in order to vote. Qualifying legally gives one the right to vote. One of the principles we believe in here at Revolution 2.0™ is that with every right, in this case the right to vote after qualifying legally, comes an equal or greater responsibility.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what the responsibility is that comes with the right to vote, and what that responsibility means.
At the official founding of our nation, with the ratification of the Constitution in 1789, only propertied white males could vote. This was the opposite of inclusiveness and diversity, but it had temporary advantages. These were the very men who had just gone through a revolution, an impossible revolution pitting a tiny country with an ill trained and poorly equipped military, against the the most powerful force the world had ever seen. Here’s a summary of our miraculous victory: We lost and we lost and we lost--until we won. This country, our country, had risked everything and won. America and its fighters risked their lives, property and money--everything they had--to gain their--and our--freedom. They had, in the most expansive meaning of the term, “skin in the game.” You can believe that they had enough of themselves invested in their country, that they--each one--would do a deep dive into the candidates and issues before voting. A deep dive that would go far beyond what the vast majority of what people--even those who feel they are well informed voters--are willing to do today.
Why? The answer is simple; they knew how precious freedom was--they initially did not have it, then risked everything to get it. And they were not going to endanger that treasured freedom by being casual voters.
Very few people today are anywhere near that diligent when it comes to voting. Why? The answer is again simple; we take our freedoms for granted, never believing for a moment that there is any connection between those precious--and rare--freedoms, and how well we inform ourselves before we participate in the political process. Since we do not realize what our freedoms are worth, what it cost to earn and maintain them, we assign little value to them. And they’re not worth protecting with something small as being well-informed. Note that we are not talking about taking up arms and fighting for our freedoms; we are talking about acquiring and analysing information.
All too many of our politicians, media and influencers are no longer building upon the breakthrough vision that was America in 1776, desperately fought for and defended many times, and given to us for growth and protection. Those politicians, media and influencers are standing in the middle of the amazing results that we all benefit from. They not only criticize and demean our country, they want to harvest the bounty that we have all inherited, without replanting, and use it for their personal and party’s gain. Imagine for a moment a group that inherited a generations ...